Geology Quiz Bowl 2

Foliations (layers or bands) in a metamorphic rock form parallel to the compressive stress.

Your friend tells you that deltas are formed as a river outlets onto a dry valley floor. What do you tell your friend?

This medium grade foliated metamorphic rock has lots of micas and garnets in it.

Which of these are considered evaporites (chemical sedimentary rocks)?

If a piece of sediment (clast) has rough, angular sides it most likely traveled pretty far from its source.

A nonconformity can form when metamorphic/igneous rock is overlain by sedimentary rock.

The highest grade metamorphic rock is called slate.

The Principle of Superposition tells us that older layers are on the bottom of a sequence and younger layers are on top.

Which of the following are clastic sedimentary rocks?

Which of these are foliated metamorphic rocks?

When new minerals form in a metamorphic rock, we refer to this as:

In which Eon was Earth's continental crust first forming?

Which type of metamorphism involves a lot of movement of rocks?

In what period did we see a massive explosion in diversity of life?

The Principle of Inclusions tells us that inclusions are always younger than the matrix (material) they are within.

What is the term that describes sediments compacting and cementing into a rock layer?